Elite: Dangerous Slang Dictionary and creator.

Anopheles · Nov 21, 2014

stridecolossus said:
Letter-box: Alternate name for the 'slot'.
Toast-rack: the wire frame construction outside the 'letter-box'.

We could do with a name for that inevitable death that comes from crashing into the dock.

MorkFromOrk · Nov 21, 2014

Anopheles said:
We could do with a name for that inevitable death that comes from crashing into the dock.

Darwin's Curse

Mal604 · Nov 21, 2014

Its not my idea, but I don't recall who suggested it... I really liked a 'lag of pilots' for large groupings of Commanders in the same area.

Anopheles · Nov 21, 2014

MorkFromOrk said:
Darwin's Curse

I like it, but it needs to be snappier.

Jorlin · Nov 21, 2014

"Sir Robin" - Strategic retreat

"All in" - Gagging that little Sir Robin in you.

Anopheles · Nov 21, 2014

Jorlin said:
"Sir Robin" - Strategic retreat

Nice. I even get it.

NotFragile · Nov 21, 2014

Jorlin said:
"Sir Robin" - Strategic retreat

"All in" - Gagging that little Sir Robin in you.

aka The Rincewind Option for us Discworlds fans...

Cruel Coppinger · Nov 21, 2014

Muckmen = Miners
Five-Oh = Police
Breezer = Short mission
Ripped = Assaulted
Nape = Naked ape or human.
Sausage Fest = A gathering where men greatly outnumber women.

Anopheles · Nov 21, 2014

NotFragile said:
aka The Rincewind Option for us Discworlds fans...

Rincewinding is definitely going in.

Cruel Coppinger · Nov 21, 2014

Anopheles said:
We could do with a name for that inevitable death that comes from crashing into the dock.

Its the toast rack isnt it?

ergo they are Toast?

Anopheles · Nov 21, 2014

Cruel Coppinger said:
Its the toast rack isnt it?

ergo they are Toast?

have a rep.

Joe Spivey · Nov 21, 2014

Sir Robin actually comes from the Monty Python film MP and the Holy Grail. 'Brave brave Sir Robin bravely ran away' etc.

CATPAIN KIRK · Nov 21, 2014

Anopheles said:
Sir Robin, A: A chance to fight again. "I was cornered by a gang of krait, but I go flew into a asteroid field and Sir Robinned out". Derived from 'Sir Robin Day' a famous British TV Presenter and Journalist from 20th Century Earth.

I always thought this was derived from the tale of Sir Robin, :

[video=youtube;BZwuTo7zKM8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8[/video]

Might have missed something and have been wrong about it all that time...

Edit - Ninjad by Joe Spivy whilst looking for the video

Anopheles · Nov 21, 2014

My bad, changing.

buellpilot · Nov 21, 2014

Reverse Cowboy - The maneuver you have to perform when the landing pad is the wrong way round

Cruel Coppinger · Nov 21, 2014

Jameson: A noob pilot
Iron Ass: A well equipped ship
Slugthrower: Projectile-based weapon
Scrappers: Salvagers
Belters: Asteroid miners
Buzzer:A pilot who is trigger-happy with the ECM
Hardhead: ECM resistant missile
Starjuice: Free fuel from scooping
Stardive: To refuel on the local star

E2A :

Hotslotting = docking really really fast

Jorlin · Nov 21, 2014

Cruel Coppinger said:
Jameson: A noob pilot
...

And a very bad Co-Pilot

Anopheles · Nov 21, 2014

Editing to here.

Added Delboy, various miner homonyms and Toasting.

Cruel Coppinger · Nov 21, 2014

thought of another one:

Baking : Silent running

Anopheles · Nov 21, 2014

Cruel Coppinger said:
thought of another one:

Baking : Silent running

That's pretty cool. Well, hot.